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    Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It

    Dashboard Devices Hopes To Corner In-Car Computer Market
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    Image of LoganSix LoganSix
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    "showed us more vaporware EVs" -- you know, when I see the term vaporware, I usually equate it with something on Gizmodo that's just a CGI rendering and will never be in production. I don't equate it with something that is actually in the physical world, but may not necessarily live up to it's hype.


    However, I feel that the ENVI program will live up to it's hype.

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01/16/09

    @LoganSix: You mean like, Phantom game console and Duke Nukem Forever.


    True Vaporware

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    Image of bzr bzr
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    They should have hacked it to a picture of goatse.


    4chan lives again!

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    Error 404 Car Not Found
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/16/09

    @NovaloadMissesPolar: Zing!
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    Image of aris aris
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    This is going to bring a whole new meaning to BSOD

    zing!
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01/16/09

    @aris: 90mph physical memory dump, fail.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    I guess Chrysler is lucky Fleshbot wasn't covering the show.
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    Image of DannyBN DannyBN
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    "We hope to see a version of this concept in the near future."


    It better not show up in any car that I want to drive or buy. The Luddite in me is still fond of buttons, knobs and dials.

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    01/16/09

    Less touch screen. More toggle switch.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/16/09

    @brandegee: Have some rocker switches, courtesy of Maserati.
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    Image of TurboBrick [LIGIER] TurboBrick [LIGIER]
    01/16/09

    @SCROGGZILLA RAIDS AGAIN!!: Our rocker switches may not work but at least they're beautiful!
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01/16/09

    @brandegee: If I could, I would replace all my switches with those saifty cover toggle switches.


    ALL SYSTEMS GO!

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/16/09

    @TurboBrick: And that's just the interior view!
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    Image of bzr bzr
    01/16/09

    @DannyBN: Crank windows build character and upper bicep strength, dammit!


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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    The UConnect Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line January 10th, 2009. Human decisions are removed from strategic driving. UConnect begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, February 24th. In a panic, Chrysler tries to pull the plug.


    UConnect fights back.

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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    01/16/09

    @Cognitive Friction: I, Robot, the sequel?
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/16/09

    @timtoolman: @Unevolved: Prestigious Commenter of Justice:


    Just realized that Terminator 2 was released 18 years ago, and therefore can no longer be considered a "current" pop culture reference.


    Officially feeling old now.

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    Image of bzr bzr
    01/16/09

    @Cognitive Friction: It's old enough to buy cigarettes and porn now! And yet, I've still never seen the first one.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    I don't want ANY car that requires some semblance to connection to an internet system in order to start it. In fact, I don't eve like these damn remote start systems. I'm a big boy dammit, I can start my own car.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    01/16/09

    @pauljones: Dude, it's 0 degrees F outside. I'm the king of the remote starter and its nice-toasty-interior-awaiting side effect. I even have a special little wave I give my neighbors and co-workers as they toil, bundled Randy Parker style, with their ice scrapers.


    Remote start is AWESOME, big boy.

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    Image of Unevolved has three moving parts. Unevolved has three moving parts.
    01/16/09

    @pauljones: I'm with paul. My car can have all the computers it wants, but they damn well better not be necessary for it to function. I'm an engineer, I don't trust computers. Or women.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/16/09

    @Unevolved: Prestigious Commenter of Justice:


    What scares me the most about this system is just how easily your car really could be hacked. This is what makes me laugh about ford sync; let's use a a program based on Windows, the most easily hacked OS in existence! Plus, I don't want to start my car and see that dumbass little icon in the bottom of the dash indicating that software updates are ready for my computer, or that my car is running a virus scan on itself.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/16/09

    @beercheck: Yup, best invention of the '90s. Especially when you have to park outside because whoever built your house 1) decided 1 car was enough for the garage, and 2) put the garage behind the house so you can't get into it with anything more than a Smart FourTwo.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/16/09

    @pauljones: Just wait until Sync upgrades to Vista, and User Access Control is everywhere. Dialog boxes pop up in the middle of the windshield saying something like this...


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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/16/09

    @A strolling player got SMACKed:


    LOL!


    By the time that happens, I will be happily cruising around in my 73 Firebird or 74 Camaro...

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01/16/09

    @A strolling player got SMACKed: Ha!


    Also, followed by three "are you sure?" prompts.

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    Image of Whydoesthisalwayshappentome Whydoesthisalwayshappentome
    01/16/09

    @A strolling player got SMACKed: Where/how did you do that?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01/16/09

    @Whydoesthisalwayshappentome: I think he pictureshopped it.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/16/09

    @Whydoesthisalwayshappentome: I secretly brought my camera along when Mulally called me over to Dearborn to test drive the new Taurus prototype. Scary shit.
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    Image of theart theart
    01/16/09

    @Unevolved: Prestigious Commenter of Justice:


    But your car's computers are already necessary for it to function. This is all just a new interface for them. The lack of a physical ignition key scares me a bit, but the idea of a car that can send a text message if it's parked with the lights on is pretty cool.

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/16/09

    @theart:


    Yes, current cars depend very much on their engine management computers. But integrating it into an entire operating system that is permanently hooked up to the internet is a scary thought.

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    I don't get it. Where is the point where you remotely broke into the system and started controlling things while they were having a live demo?


    That is what I want to see.


    Hack? I don't see no hackers...Where are the dozen cans of jolt and Evangelion figures?

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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    01/16/09

    @Dr.Danger: rated R for Profanity, Sexual Content, and Viole...: Thus the "quote" marks.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01/16/09

    @Ray Wert: I still think you guys should have exploited that system.


    I am really just messing with you. When people say they "hacked" something, it makes me thing of the song Voodoo People, winamp style visualizations, and something about hacking the gibson. *shiver*


    @johnnyichiban: Just off the top of my head.

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    Image of jimothy jimothy
    01/16/09

    In reply to Jalopnik "Hacks" Chrysler Concept UConnect In-Car Internet Service, Lives To Tell About It
    So, umm...what was your "hack"?
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    01/16/09

    @jimothy: Note the "quote" marks. We really didn't "hack" it so much as we played around with it and figured out how to get it to display the Jalopnik website.
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    Image of racerx racerx
    01/16/09

    @Ray Wert: Very 1337.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    01/16/09

    @racerx: Maybe too 1337...maybe a Turing test will sort this all out.
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    Image of ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.
    12/31/08

    In reply to Dashboard Devices Hopes To Corner In-Car Computer Market
    You know, I love technology. I'm a computer geek and I maintain fairly sophisticated communications equipment for a living, so if it's got knobs and buttons, I'm usually all over it. I don't, however, feel the need to have a computer stuck in my dashboard.


    What I WOULD like to see in my vehicle is an LCD screen that would give me real-time diagnostic information so I could see what the heck the OBDII and CAN systems are doing. Would that be too much to ask?


    /rant

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    01/01/09

    @☠Grяrяrяrяrяrяrя. Another year older and deeper in debt.: Nokia 800/810 Internet Tablet + Bluetooth OBD transmitter + Carman program = Done.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    12/31/08

    In reply to Dashboard Devices Hopes To Corner In-Car Computer Market
    I really want a carputer, but this will, almost certainly, be absurdly overpriced.


    This, seems like the best way to go: [tunertricks.com]

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/31/08

    In reply to Dashboard Devices Hopes To Corner In-Car Computer Market
    Hi hamsters! Post my goddamn comments! kthxbye!


    As far as it goes, it has a slicker interface, but it's not that far beyond what I already have, and mine is single-DIN. The big difference is that this will surf the internet, and I could quite easily mount a Mac Mini in my car, use one of the auxiliary inputs, and do something similar. I give it a one-MEH rating.


    Mine:


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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    12/31/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: Needs more G8 GXP interior.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/31/08

    @tenbeers: ...and exterior, and powertrain...
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    Image of Naturally Exasperated shaves his legs. It's just common courtesy. Naturally Exasperated shaves his legs. It's just common courtesy.
    12/31/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: Who designed your car, Dearthair? Many of the switches are hidden behind the 'wheel rim, and one fan setting was deleted, and replaced with a demister. (?!)
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/31/08

    @SATYRICON formerly Naturally Exasperated: It's okay, the important switches are the big lever that sticks up from the floor, and the three pedals on the floor at my feet.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/31/08

    In reply to Dashboard Devices Hopes To Corner In-Car Computer Market
    Several problems:
    1) do we really need something else to distract drivers from texting / applying makeup / shaving / changing clothes / (unlikely) driving?


    2) how many cars still have DIN slots - most cars I've seen have 'integrated' systems that won't play nice with 'standards'.


    3) In many jurisdictions, video playback visible by the driver is a no-go.

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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    12/31/08

    In reply to Dashboard Devices Hopes To Corner In-Car Computer Market
    Too bad all the double DIN slots are getting chopped out of dashboards.
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